Strike: FG, labour unions meet Thursday over minimum wage

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The Federal Government says it will meet with Organised Labour to
prevent the threat of national industrial action over non transmission
of the New National Minimum Wage bill to the National Assembly.

FG, Labour Unions meeting

Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said the
meeting is to nip in the bud the threat of strike by the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC) over the transmission of the New National Minimum Wage to
the National Assembly.

“The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, is
scheduled to hold a meeting with the Executives of the Organised Labour
Union on Jan. 4, at the Minister’s Conference Room by 10:30 am prompt”,
according to a statement by Mr Samuel Olowookere, the Director of Press
in the ministry, on Wednesday in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the National Executive
Council (NEC) of the NLC had threatened to embark on a nationwide
protest on Jan. 8.

The threat was to make the Federal Government to send the tripartite
committee’s report on N30,000 minimum wage to the National Assembly.

The organised labour gave the ultimatum following President Muhammadu
Buhari’s proposal to set up another committee to scrutinise the
tripartite committee’s recommendation.

A statement attributed to Buhari had indicated that a “high powered
technical committee” would be set up to devise ways to ensure that its
implementation did not lead to an increase in borrowing.